Wow…so it’s time to begin another week!

I’ve enjoyed my Veteran’s Day weekend…can you tell? I have not posted anything in a couple of days (lol). I can tell you I enjoyed it not because I was doing anything spectacular, but because I was able to watch a couple of war hero documentaries (and people who know me know that I do not watch much television) and come up with the best tasting peanut butter frosting ever…OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO TURN OUT SOOOOO GOOODDD!!! While I was making it, all sorts of thoughts were running through my head because I was thinking…what if it comes out all gooey??? YUCK! The color was another thing that had me nervous. You know how peanut butter has this caramel like color? Well, my frosting turned out the color of a vanilla latte! I actually looked at my mixing bowl and rolled my eyes at it, like it could see me do it (crazy, I know!), but when I tasted it I ALMOST FELL TO THE FLOOR!  And yes, my fat soul just shouted! Why didn’t I think about peanut butter before now (…fingering the letter “L” on my forehead)! I read about other bakers using the Reese’s cups in recipes and decorating with them, but not too much using the plain peanut butter as an ingredient. I ended up using it to top some chocolate mini cupcakes for tomorrow. I made sure that I saved some of the extra frosting for future experiments! (SSShhhh…this may be my new secret weapon!).

Ooohhhh…and I almost forgot, I made seafood corn chowder today…yyyyeeeaaaa! You know me and my “off the hip cooking”, I ended up using a rice soup mix (because I am not much of a potato fan), a bag of mix seafood and a large bag of whole kernel frozen corn…can you say this was thrown together in 5 minutes? (Hey, I had to bake all day so give me a break!!!) Yummy, yummy, yummy…my fat soul was REALLY happy with the way this one turned out and it didn’t take any time or real effort to prepare. This dish could be spiced up with your favorite seasoning, but you really don’t have to add anything because the combination of ingredients creates a nice taste. With buying the packaged soup mix, I did not add any additional salt, just a little black pepper because that is what I like. It’s hearty, has texture, but doesn’t make you feel heavy after you have eaten it.  This dish made enough to serve a family of 4 twice! I’m going to have to find someone to share this with!

Well, I’m a little tired since I’ve been at it since I got home from church this morning, so I’m going to crash and persist that you continue to do things YOUR WAY!!!!!!!

I'll talk about my Neiman Marcus Brownies on tomorrow...